Prep Baseball Report

Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID: Blast Board


Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID on January 18th featuring 46 players from the 2023 class to a few up-and-coming 2027 grads.  The event featured the traditional showcase metrics as well as data collected by Trackman, Blast Motion, and the Swift lasers for the 60 times.  Today we take a look at the top leaders in swing metrics with the data collected by Blast Motion.  We cover the top bat speeds, hand speeds, rotational acceleration, and ability to match plane with the incoming pitch.

Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here

 

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Graham Jones AR Shiloh Christian 2023 3B 24.4 mph
2 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 24.3 mph
3 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 23.7 mph
4 Andrew Lind AR Springdale 2024 3B 23.6 mph
5 Joshua Hinds AR Rogers Heritage 2025 3B 22.9 mph
6 Mason Eiland AR Bentonville 2026 1B 22.7 mph
7 Aidan Linson AR Rogers 2025 RHP 22.6 mph
8 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 22.5 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Graham Jones AR Shiloh Christian 2023 3B 23.3 mph
2 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 22.8 mph
3 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 22.7 mph
4 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 21.6 mph
5 Mason Eiland AR Bentonville 2026 1B 21.5 mph
6 Andrew Lind AR Springdale 2024 3B 21.4 mph
7 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 21.3 mph
8 Alexander Salter AR Shiloh Christian 2026 OF 20.9 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Caleb Smith AR Har-Ber 2024 1B 83.8 mph
2 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 80.1 mph
3 Adam Fairbetter AR Bentonville West 2024 LHP 79.0 mph
4 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 75.4 mph
5 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 75.2 mph
6 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 71.7 mph
7 Luke Askew AR Rogers Heritage 2024 2B 71.5 mph
^ Jackson Lanning AR Har-Ber 2024 OF 71.5 mph
^ Aaron Taylor AR Greenwood 2027 LHP 71.5 mph
8 Graham Jones AR Shiloh Christian 2023 3B 71.2 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Adam Fairbetter AR Bentonville West 2024 LHP 73.2 mph
2 Caleb Smith AR Har-Ber 2024 1B 71.9 mph
3 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 68.8 mph
4 Joshua Hinds AR Rogers Heritage 2025 3B 68.0 mph
5 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 68.0 mph
6 Luke Askew AR Rogers Heritage 2024 2B 67.5 mph
7 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 67.5 mph
8 Kaleb Ceola AR Har-Ber 2024 C 66.3 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 33.3 g
2 Andrew Lind AR Springdale 2024 3B 31.0 g
3 Adam Fairbetter AR Bentonville West 2024 LHP 24.8 g
4 Dylan Higgins AR Berryville 2023 2B 23.0 g
5 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 22.8 g
6 Henry Thatcher Dover AR Rogers Heritage 2025 C 22.4 g
^ Jackson Lanning AR Har-Ber 2024 OF 22.4 g
^ Kaleb Ceola AR Har-Ber 2024 C 22.4 g
7 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP 20.1 g
8 Jacob Maynard AR Shiloh Christian 2027 3B 20.0 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Andrew Lind AR Springdale 2024 3B 27.1 g
2 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 22.1 g
3 Adam Fairbetter AR Bentonville West 2024 LHP 22.1 g
4 Cade Miller AR Rogers Heritage 2025 RHP 21.1 g
5 Kaleb Ceola AR Har-Ber 2024 C 20.9 g
6 Jackson Lanning AR Har-Ber 2024 OF 17.7 g
7 Jacob Maynard AR Shiloh Christian 2027 3B 17.4 g
8 Henry Thatcher Dover AR Rogers Heritage 2025 C 17.3 g

ON PLANE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Noah Abdullah AR Rogers 2025 OF 96 %
2 Logan English AR Alma 2026 2B 94 %
3 Reeves Aunspaugh AR Har Ber 2026 C 86 %
4 Austin Bercher AR Greenwood 2024 OF 85 %
5 Dylan Higgins AR Berryville 2023 2B 81 %
6 Jacob Maynard AR Shiloh Christian 2027 3B 79 %
7 Jackson Lanning AR Har-Ber 2024 OF 79 %
8 Evan Curry AR Har-Ber 2024 SS 78 %

 

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